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Chap 30

Kyouhei's POV

Right after we entered that dark alley, Jiro made our doubles including the bike and sent it running that caused the accident at the intersection. Her bike's tint became white and now we're going towards the port where we are being expected according to Yoshiro-chan. When we got there, I saw a very familiar man standing before the bridge of the boat. I was about to shoot him when dad came out and gestured me to stop.

"He's with us" he simply said then we went into the yacht.

"How could that double crosser be on our side?" I asked without taking off my eyes on sir Dalwyn's driver while we're all in the yacht's living area.

"Relax son, Styx is my best man" dad said.

"So anong meron sa singsing at bakit pati si Kyouhei gusto nilang kunin?" Yoshiro asked.

"It's a key, and my old man believes he has it" dad simply answered.

"So peke yung binalik mong singsing kay lolo?"

"Exactly"

"Bakit naman nila ako gustong patayin?"

"They believe that you possess the weapon your mother created years ago and they want it in their hands. After getting the key from her years ago, they established partnership with the Adams. And now, they want the weapon" Styx explained.

"Is it related to Kiara's parents?" I asked.

"Yes, that's why they're keeping them" dad answered.

"My sister was a close friend of my wife so they thought at first that she has the weapon so they took her. After years of searching, they found none from her but they still keep her and her husband hostages so they can make Kiara do what they want" he continued.

"Dustin's involvement was because of Dalwyn and because of his closure to Kiara's parents" Styx pointed out.

"Wow" Yoshiro said in disbelief.

"Anyway, you're acting was superb Hannah" Kevin grinned with pride. She was—

"And I just experienced mom's state on the same setting" she spat and left as she cries

"What happened?" dad asked me and I told him that she was nearly got shot twice on the stage after receiving an award.

I can't sort out the emotions filling up his face right now and I could see that he wanted privacy so I went to see Yoshiro who's silently crying at the deck. I just presented myself and offered my shoulders but didn't speak. Those fear-struck eyes, the cold sweaty hand, and her shaking earlier, those were real. So I took the suspiscion out of my head that she could be Yoshiro but now it turned out to be true. She's still stuck in the past, still blaming herself on her mother's death.

Multiple times, she has witnessed the attempts to kill her mother. She doesn't want to leave her mother because she's afraid that she would lose her. But then, she witnessed how her mother got killed by countless bullets right in front of her while her mother is keeping her safe from a person named Elena. I was with them too, but not on that specific day. I am to ensure safety for Yoshiro-chan and to Haruna-sama if I could. But I can't do a single thing but just stare and cry with Yoshiro because of fear. I tried to burry those at the back of my mind like she's doing but every time something similar happens, fear gripps my chest that won't let me breathe and my mind to think. I always need someone or something to wake me up, just like her.

Pitiful, aren't we? Even though we act so tough. But things are harder for her and I hate myself for not being able to do anything that could at least sooth her pain. And I can't help but think that I've failed Haruna-sama.